Category: Healthcare
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The Six Sigma Projects in Healthcare
In an unstable economic situation, more and more attention is paid to management methods, including production, aimed at overcoming the crisis phenomena and increasing the effectiveness of enterprises at the expense of internal resources. The Six Sigma management system is a set of techniques to optimize production processes and employee management (Sohal et al., 2022).…
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Healthcare Fraud and Kickbacks
Corruption, misuse, and wastage afflict the healthcare sector in the United States. Individuals commonly associate fraud with identity theft or deceptive invoicing methods, and although these issues are undoubtedly prevalent in today’s system, fraud also takes the aspect of kickbacks. Kickbacks are agreements between caregivers whereby an entity sends patients to another agency in exchange…
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Overcoming Nurse Shortages for Improved Healthcare
Table of Contents Impact Addressing Expected Impact on Each of the System Levels References Impact Micro Level Indeed, such an issue may have a negative, adverse, harmful impact on practical activities and job responsibilities among professionals in the healthcare system. To date, the results regarding these phenomena have been sufficiently studied and are well known…
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Healthcare Financing in the United Arab Emirates
Table of Contents Healthcare Systems Methods of Payments for Health Providers in Dubai and Abu Dhabi Methods of Payments for Health Providers in Germany, UK, and Abu Dhabi References Healthcare Systems The healthcare financing flowchart in the UAE takes into account the fact that the UAE has a unique political organization. Each of the seven…
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Comparing the Latin American and the U.S. Healthcare Systems
Table of Contents Comparison Concluding Points Reflection References It is worth noting that there is no universal model of the healthcare system that will apply to all countries. The level of centralization, regulation, distribution of costs, as well as the role of private insurance in covering healthcare services, vary greatly in different countries. The purpose…
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The Healthcare Breach Reporting Assessment
Health care organizations represent vulnerable entities in terms of cyberattacks and breaches because they accumulate much sensitive information, especially that of patients. Health care information systems require constant improvement as methods to steal private data advance with the pace of time. Therefore, the breach reporting tools must be comprehensive and detailed to respond adequately to…
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Healthcare Providers’ Shortage and Telemedicine
The US is facing a shortage of healthcare medical providers and nurses, and one of the possible solutions to this problem might be involving international healthcare professionals. I think that this will be considered an ethical solution if several conditions are admitted. First, international medical providers should meet the healthcare standards of the US. Different…
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Competing Needs in Improving Access to Healthcare
Insurance coverage is identified as the primary economic factor that affects access to healthcare. According to the report by the National Center for Health Statistics (Cohen et al., 2020), from January through June 2020, 9.4% of the population were uninsured. The Affordable Care Act has improved access to care since 2010, increasing the number of…
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Analyzing the Healthcare Pyramid
Table of Contents Introduction Primary Care Secondary Care Tertiary Care Summary References Introduction The U.S has a unique healthcare system; its health system is not unified, and it does not have universal healthcare coverage. Its healthcare system can be best elucidated as a hybrid system (Niles, 2018). It comprises three care levels: primary, secondary, and…
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Healthcare Management in Direct and Non-Direct Facilities
Table of Contents Abstract Applied Healthcare Management Direct and Non-direct Healthcare Facilities Organizational Structure Healthcare administrators’ Mission and Roles in Each Facility Conclusion References Abstract Healthcare organizations’ (HCO) performance largely depends on their human resources’ knowledge, skills, and capabilities. This paper provides a brief overview of direct and non-direct healthcare facilities and a comparison between…